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Advocacy and Policy Day June 5-6, 2023!
Registrations are open! "Early bird" discounts available through 5/1/2023.
Join us for 2023 Includi-Con!
Registration is open for the 2023 Summer Inclusion Institute - Includi-Con!
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month 2023
Governor Josh Shapiro has declared March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Read the proclamation text below or the Proclamation document here. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR PROCLAMATION DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH...
Action Alert – Tell Governor Shapiro to Fund IDD Services
A unified voice is needed! We have been working with other organizations representing intellectual disability and/or autism (ID/A) providers to send a letter to Governor Josh Shapiro asking him to invest an additional $430 million for IDD services in the 2023/2024...
From the Archives: Meet Loretta Claiborne
"Don't let anybody get you down. We are all given a gift, and it's not how much you have but what you have and how you use it that is important. Get as much out of life as you can." ~Loretta Claiborne From our Archives we have found many articles from the mid 1980s...
From the Archives – “Alternatives to Institutions”
This handwritten speech is from 1974 presented by Eleanor Elkin, Chairman of the "NARC Residential Services and Facilities Committee" at the 3rd Congress of the Caribbean Association on Mental Retardation. [Note: The exact words and language of the speech from 49...
Findings from the 2022 Benchmark Compensation Survey
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Jan. 5, 2023) --- Low wages, high vacancy rates, and high turnover continue to plague providers who care for individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism (ID/A), according to a new study that dives deep into the financial trends driving the...
From the Archives – Families & Caregivers at the Forefront of Advocacy
This 1990 PA Message article found in our archives showcases the powerful advocacy parents and family caregivers do day in and day out! Below is the full text of the article. It's Our First Day of School Together, by Melanie Brozek Stabile PA Message, Winter 1990 That...
Disability Community Suffered Disproportionately During COVID-19
Our new report identifies staggering effects of the pandemic & need for greater diversity-inclusive planning in emergency response (Press Release PDF) (Comunicado de prensa en español - PDF) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sherri Landis P:...
Registración para el Tour de Escuchar n° 1: La Iniciativa del Arc de PA sobre las disparidades de Salud de Covid-19 entre las Personas con Impedimentos
Queremos escuchar sus historias sobre sus experiencias durante la pandemia de Covid-19. Jueves, 24 de febrero de 2022